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HERRMANN A. XVOLFF, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IVIOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o.` 606,495, dated J une 28, 1898.

Application filed September 23, 1897. Serial No` 652,763. A(No model.)

Be it known that I, HERRMANN A. WOLFF, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Mop, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a mop which will be simple, durable, and economic in its construction and whichv may be used without injury to polished surfaces with which it may be brought in contact.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the mop that themopping material may be so closely bunched or so grouped that it will act in a similar capacity to the bristles of a brush, but also, in additionV to having a thorough cleansing action on the surface over which it is passed, will take up the water or washing iiuid employed.

Another object of the invention is to construct the mop-head in but two parts and provide a means whereby the mopping or absorbent material used in connection with the mop-head may be expeditiously placed in position and held therein or may be readily removed and replaced.

The invention consists inV `the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, i

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all-theV figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of thepimproved mop. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through .the`mop. Fig. 3 is a'trans. verse section through the mop, taken near one end. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one end of the clamping member of the mop-head, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the body portion or member of the mop-head. Y

The mop-head consists ofa body member A and a clamping member B, both of the said members beingV preferably made of metal. The body member consists of a plate having a series of openings 10 made therein, the openings being preferably transversely arranged, the end openings being quite close to the end portions of the plate, and the said plate is provided with an upwardlyextending marginal flange 11, in which apertures 12 are `l produced. The clamping-plate B is of such at each corner with teeth 17, as shown in Fig.

4, and tlie'corners of the clamping-plate are rounded to a certain extent. The mopping material 18 is made in strips, and the strips,

in suitable numbers, are passed downwardly through adjacent openings 10 in the vbodyplate, extending across the web between the openings, as shown in Fig. 2; but the mopping material 19 at the ends of the mop-head, or the material which is passed through the end openings 10, is carried forward over the flange of the body-plate at the ends and the side llangesadjacent to the ends.' Vhen the mopping or absorbent material has beenV threaded through or placed in position on the body-plate, the clamping plate or member B is placed in engagement with the upper surfaces of the, said absorbent material, and the teeth-17 will firmly hold the absorbent material 19 at the ends of the mop-head in the position above referred to, the end absorbent material extending. downward very nearly as far as the intermediate strips, and when the two members of the mop-head are firmly screwed together the absorbent or cleaning moppin g material will be prevented from leaving the mop-head, and the absorbent material at the ends of the mop-head forms cushions which will preventv the said mop-headf`ifrom marring any polished surface with which'the head may be brought in engagement.

By assembling theabsorbent material or strips in the manner above described the said strips of absorbent material may be brought so closely together as to form a compact :mass of material capable of taking'up water and at the same time capable of yielding in direction of either side or either end ofthe mop-head.

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It is evident from the foregoing description that the mop consists of but few parts and that the said parts may be readily assembled and secured in place, while the complete mop will be exceedingly light, durable, and eco- IlOIIllC.

Preferably the absorbent material which isl carried over the end portions of the mop-head is cut away or reduced in width at a point. slightly below the head, as illustratedin Fig. l at 2l, so as to permit free play of the absorb-- ent material which is intermediate of the ends` of the said head. l

I-Iaving thus described my invention, IC claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent* l. In a mop-head, the combination, with al bo'dy-platevprovided with a marginal flangej and a-series of transversely-arranged 'aper-Q tures, of a clamping-plate adapted to fit upon? the apertured portion of the body-plate with!y in 'the flange thereof, and locking devices whereby the clamping and body plates may be securedtogether, for the purpose speci-j` fied.

2. yIn a mop-head, the combination, with a` body-plate provided with a marginal flangej and openings producedin its surface within the flange, of a clamping-plate fitted to the` body-plate within the flange, having its endy portions roughened, and means, substantially? as described, for securing the clamping-5y plate to the bod y-plate, for the purpose specified.

3. In a mop, the combination, withabodyplate provided with a marginal flange and a rseries of slots, and strips of absorbent mateslots, the end strips being carried upward over the ends'and side portions of the flange of the body-plate adjacent to the ends, of a clamping-plate having roughened ends, the clamping-plate being fitted to the slotted portion of the body-plate, and fastening devices y whereby the body and clamping plates are secured together, the said clam pin g-plate being provided with'a-socket adapted kto receive a handle, for the purpose set'forth.

HERRMANN A. IVOLFF. lWitnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

